Dragon Tamer-Chapter 778 - 782: Madness
Chapter 778 -782: Madness
Dragon Food was abundant, so there was little worry about not being able to raise the money.
With Zhu Minglang’s current strength, as long as he could hunt down an adult Demon God or Beast God, he could basically sell it for an extremely exaggerated price.
However, these days it was nearly impossible to find a Demon God or Beast God that roamed around freely, as if they didn’t care who knew they were stationed in a certain place for a long time. Beings of such level possessed terrifyingly high intelligence, and were sinister and cunning. Without someone constantly searching and tracking them, it was almost impossible to spot traces of Demon Gods and Beast Gods.
Zhu Minglang’s situation was slightly awkward now.
He had gone to the Bounty Palace in the Zhongxin Giant City and had a look around, only to find that the bounty amounts were either too low or required a particularly long time…
There wasn’t one that would allow him to obtain a large sum of money in a short time.
There was a bounty that did offer quick money and didn’t take too long, but it involved annihilating someone’s Sect, and the kind where no one was left alive.
City of Faith was really outrageous, daring to put up a bounty for wiping out an entire Sect.
It was a total of one hundred million gold.
Prominently hanging at the top of the Bounty Palace’s Murder List!
Although the thought was somewhat tempting, Zhu Minglang still resisted such cruel behavior.
After all, he was a god who still shone with purple auspicious Qi. To commit such utterly conscienceless deeds, the ten thousand years of good deeds accumulated by the Heaven Dust Dragon wouldn’t be enough for Zhu Minglang to squander.
“This Murder List does offer the quickest money, it’s just too damaging to good deeds,” Zhu Minglang stroked his chin.
Just as Zhu Minglang was about to look for other business, he spotted a familiar figure, the woman who had introduced him to Dragon-binding Divine Silkworm Silk in the Bidding Grand Hall, now accompanied by a tall man.
The woman who sold the Dragon-binding Divine Silkworm Silk had an extremely deep fury on her face. She headed towards the location of the Murder List and, ignoring the tall man’s attempt to stop her, said, “I must seek revenge, no matter what, I can’t just let people bully me like this. I don’t believe there’s no one in City of Faith who isn’t afraid of their Flaunting Heaven Peak!”
“Junior sister, don’t be impulsive, this Murder List isn’t a joke. Not only is the price extravagantly high, but it could also bring us trouble…”
“I have plenty of money, I absolutely cannot tolerate this!” said the woman from Crane Frost Sect, paying no heed as she walked towards the Murder List and entered an inner hall, clearly intending to issue a murder bounty.
Zhu Minglang was purposely listening to their conversation.
It seemed that not long after he left the Bidding Grand Hall, the woman from Crane Frost Sect heard that one of their disciples on a training expedition had been kidnapped and brutally murdered, her body discarded in the wilderness.
When the tall man went to look for her, he found that the woman’s body had been mutilated beyond recognition by wild beasts, and in the end, could only bring back some of her remains to Zhongxin Giant City.
Seeing her junior sister killed so miserably, the woman selling silk was uncontrollably furious, and hence she went straight to the Murder List, willing to spend any amount of money to have the brutal villain killed!
Zhu Minglang saw her resolve and approached, intercepting the woman from Crane Frost Sect.
Zhu Minglang would not meddle with other murder issues, as it was hard to discern right from wrong in such entanglements. However, he was quite familiar with the people from Hongtian Peak; they were a group who cultivated the Path of Extreme Desire. Although not all who followed the Path of Extreme Desire harbored evil intentions, such cultivators were prone to losing themselves to madness and developing terrifying obsessions, increasing the likelihood of committing evil deeds.
So, rather than letting the woman go and issue a murder bounty, it would be better to talk directly with her, cutting out the middlemen and their markup.
“Miss, we meet again,” Zhu Minglang said.
“Oh… Mr. Zhu Qingzhuo, I’m currently dealing with some urgent matters…” the woman responded.
“I overheard you in a rage earlier, and I didn’t miss a word. To be frank, I am in need of a large sum of money. After all, I am truly eager to acquire your Dragon-binding Divine Silkworm Silk. Could you discuss with me in detail what happened? If your junior sister indeed died unjustly, I can help you avenge her. After all, as a cultivator of good deeds, carrying out divine justice is also my duty,” Zhu Minglang earnestly said.
The woman from Crane Frost Sect calmed her eager emotions and looked Zhu Minglang over carefully.
Indeed, anyone who could be at those divine-grade bidding halls would certainly have no ordinary strength, but whether they could handle that wretched man was another question.
“Mr. Zhu Qingzhuo, could you tell me your cultivation base?” the woman from Crane Frost Sect asked.
“Quasi-god level,” Zhu Minglang replied with a conservative figure.
“Sect Master, don’t listen to this kind of nonsense. Just look at him, probably someone who waits around places like this for people angry and agitated like you, just to swindle money,” the tall man hastened over, brimming with hostility towards Zhu Minglang.
“Sect Master??” Zhu Minglang’s eyebrows lifted as he took another look at the woman.
The woman glared fiercely at the tall man, signaling for him to step aside.
The woman from Crane Frost Sect did not think Zhu Minglang could be a swindler; after all, they had just talked extensively not too long ago, and she had seen the Flying Sword by his side, clearly not ordinary.
“If it’s at the quasi-god level, I fear you might be at risk yourself. That man is called Hong Shifeng. He was once a vice-leader of the Hongtian Peak and later, after failing to ascend to godhood, fell into madness, becoming a crazed demon.”
“The people of Hongtian Peak probably thought he was still an unparalleled powerhouse who was useful to them, so they kept him under house arrest in a solitary manor not far from our Crane Frost Sect. Although there were guards, the guards often neglected their duty, allowing this mad demon to wander everywhere. Previously, one of my uncles and several disciples were killed by him…”
“Our Crane Frost Sect has negotiated with Hongtian Peak many times and yielded again and again, but they never took us seriously. Now, they’ve allowed my junior sister to die such a tragic death. If Hongtian Peak won’t kill this mad demon, then I will hire someone to do it, and those guards who neglected their duties will pay with their lives!”
The more the woman from the Crane Frost Sect spoke, the angrier she became. She had been holding back her frustration for a long time.
“Some organizations under the gods are doing evil under the banner of True Gods,” Zhu Minglang said.
“Exactly!” The woman from the Crane Frost Sect’s eyes lit up. Most people flattered those organizations under the gods. Even those who had reached the Demi-god or Quasi-god level complimented them, but Zhu Minglang’s words at least made the woman feel somewhat comforted.
“I can help you, including punishing those fellows who indulged the mad demon’s killing, but the price must be discussed. After all, I do need a sum of money right now to purchase the items I require,” Zhu Minglang said.
“Mr. Zhu Qingzhuo, to be frank, I am the Sect Leader of Crane Frost Sect. The Dragon-binding Divine Silkworm Silk you’re interested in was hand-woven by me…” the woman from the Crane Frost Sect said sincerely.
The Sect Leader herself is delivering the goods.
The items are indeed top-notch, but the prices are outrageously high.
Zhu Minglang was thinking about how to negotiate the price when the woman from the Crane Frost Sect bit her lip. Not waiting for Zhu Minglang to speak, she took the initiative, “Mr. Zhu Qingzhuo, if you can help us avenge this, I will give you the Dragon-binding Divine Silkworm Silk as thanks, and furthermore, I will gift you an extra share of the silk.”
“Deal,” Zhu Minglang responded without hesitation.
To kill a person was equivalent to fifty million gold.
Even if the target was at the Quasi-god level, it was simple for Zhu Minglang to carry out the hit.
Most importantly, this job was straightforward to handle. All that was needed was sufficient strength and the courage to kill!
“Deal, but to ensure our Crane Frost Sect isn’t pursued for revenge by Hongtian Peak, Mr. Zhu, please don’t mention anything about our Crane Frost Sect. After you’ve killed the person, I will hand over the Dragon-binding Divine Silkworm Silk, and we’ll be strangers,” the woman from the Crane Frost Sect said.
“Don’t worry. I know the rules of taking money to solve problems for others,” Zhu Minglang replied.
“Would you be willing to swear by the name of a True God?” the woman from the Crane Frost Sect asked cautiously.
“That… is okay, I guess,” Zhu Minglang scratched his head.
Swearing by the name of a True God…
I am a True God.
If I swear by my own name, even if I break it, not a single hair will be harmed!
They brought out the spiritual contract and signed it. It was obvious that the woman from the Crane Frost Sect was a believer in the Flaunting God, though she was not from Flaunting Heaven Peak.
Many are the children of the Flaunting God, and not all join the organizations under the gods; some establish their own sects and schools.
“Which god do you worship?” the woman from the Crane Frost Sect asked.
“I’d rather not say. The contract has been signed, and if either of us violates it, we will face the disdain and punishment of the True Gods,” Zhu Minglang stated.
The woman from the Crane Frost Sect nodded.
Now that the contract was established, it was clear that Zhu Minglang wasn’t abandoned by the gods and had legitimate status. As for which True God he worshipped, that wasn’t important. Not all under the True Gods were part of an organization; some were just a few disciples behind closed doors, so by revealing the god he worshipped would be tantamount to directly giving away his identity.
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Zhu Minglang went to the solitary manor, naturally not taking the woman from the Crane Frost Sect’s words at face value.
If the situation wasn’t as she described, then carrying out this task would be damaging to his virtue. Although Zhu Minglang didn’t care much about the Auspicious Qi, it could help establish a very positive image for him in Dragon Gate, despite being referred to as “the Ghost Sees Worry of Dragon Gate” by others…
Linghu Ling had become a True God, yet she still appeared in Dragon Gate, indicating that Dragon Gate opened every once in a while. To advance to higher divine ranks in the future, he would have to enter Dragon Gate again.
After lingering for several days, Zhu Minglang discovered that things were slightly different from what the woman from the Crane Frost Sect had described.
The real situation was even more infuriating than the woman knew.
Because it was not that the three guards from Hongtian Peak had neglected their duties…
But rather, they had deliberately released the mad demon, relying on his powerful strength to seek benefits for themselves!
In the manor, three men sat together, drinking wine and eating dishes, tossing half-eaten cold meat to the mad demon in front of them. The mad demon picked up the food from the ground and tore into it voraciously, completely devoid of any sanity—nothing more than a wild beast.
